v3.0.1h - PUBLIC BETA
Note: Game saves and multiplayer games are backward-compatible with the last patch, v3.0.1g.
BETA 2
BUGS FIXED:
* Multitudinous bugs with pup behavior due to missing animations.
BETA 1
NEW
* Game Settings: Audio: Added toggle for "Entering Hex" sound effect.
* Game Settings: Display: Show preview of nametag scaling.
IMPROVEMENTS
* Improved odds of in-game collaring of player-pack wolves.
* Automatically update family snapshot when any player-pack wolf is collared.
* Update wolf badge image when player-wolf is collared.
* Enabled Avert Gaze head movement when laying down (except in curled up pose).
* Game Settings: Display: when setting Vsync ON, FPS dropdown is replaced with text "Disabled when VSync is enabled" (because VSync overrides FPS).
* Some refinements to some river and lake appearance.
BUGS FIXED
* Wolves sometimes get "corgi" (short) legs in Photo Mode.
* Wolves heads sometimes spin in Photo Mode.
* Multiplayer: Affinity Threshold Reached and Pup Left Home notifications don't appear for client players.
* Tower Fall: Water current is still active on ice-covered ponds.
* Tower Fall: NPC wolves can get stuck when pathfinding across the stone bridge.
* Bison skill is not positioned well when carried by Young Hunter pup.
* Human Sounds volume setting is not reliably applied at game start.
* Controller: Can't remap keyboard if joystick is added and then removed.
* Wrong quest is triggered when starting a new game in Lost River (Classic) with mate.
* In Perks panel, at age 8 birthday, downgrade stats disappear when switching to another age tab.
* When map moving from a full snow map, wolf gets patchy snow on body in the next map.
* When clicking Sync Now in a game map, sync process could stall, rendering game unplayable.
* Friends tab: some glitches with friends and blocked list scrollbar behavior.
* Multiplayer: Collar is not synced to host when client player gets collared.
* Multiplayer: Collar is not displayed when client joins using a collared wolf in some circumstances.
* "Changing region" notification can still stall the game in the multiplayer lobby.
* A few typos in game text.
* Minor vegetation and terrain issues.
TO GET THE BETA BUILD
* In the Steam app, go to your Library, then right-click on the WolfQuest: AE name in the left column and choose Properties.
* Then go to the Game Versions and Betas tab and select "beta / WQ Public Beta." No password is necessary. Steam should then start downloading it.
* Later you can switch back to the public version in that Betas tab, by selecting Default Public Version in the Properties window.